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Wayne Efton Polk
4 Apr 1919 – 29 Apr 2002
| Birth | 4 Apr 1919 |
| Death | 29 Apr 2002 |
| Cemetery | Englewood Cemetery Slaton , Lubbock County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | David Sifford on 23 Jan 2009 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10069587 |
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Services for Wayne E. Polk, 83, of Slaton will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Englunds Chapel with Gene Robinson officiating. Burial will be in Englewood Cemetery under the direction of Englunds Funeral Service of Slaton. He died Monday, April 29, 2002. He was born April 4, 1919, in Vaughn, N.M., moved to Slaton in 1924 and attended Slaton schools. He married Juanita Giannobule on May 6, 1946, in Slaton. He worked for Lasater Hoffman Hardware Store for 30 years and retired as Slaton's Precinct 2 clubhouse manager in 1992. He was a member and deacon of First Christian Church. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the Army's 507th Parachute Infantry. He was decorated with the EAME Campaign Medal with four bronze stars and received a Purple Heart. He was an organizing member of the Slaton Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 6721 and a member of the American Legion Post No. 438. He was preceded in death by two sons, Monte Polk and Mike Genoble. Survivors include his wife; a son, Ric of Decatur; a daughter, Melody Roberts of Wylie; a brother, Harley "Pat" Patterson of Slaton; a sister, Martha Pettigrew of Brownfield; seven grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.
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married 5-6-1946; SSgt US Army WW II Purple Heart
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- Donald Ward Polk 1913–1967
- Berten Ray Polk 1915–1997
- Martha Lee Polk Pettigrew 1924–2010
- Billie Vern Polk Hennington 1925–1998
- Harley Gene Patterson 1934–2004
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